Threads I love on this forum

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William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>I think the concept might be called creative tangentiality, if I might forge a phrase.

"Run and find out" ...Riki Tiki Tavi

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Frank Mutchler, in Colorado Springs, CO

>Yeah, I watched that happen and I thought about a group of 3 or 4 people talking and one asks, "What do you think of pink grapefruit juice compared to Texas Red?" Where upon, one of the group responds, "I love the taste of pink and really can't stand the Red...too bitter." Another chimes in, "I hardly ever peel mine with a swivel butcher whatamathing, I prefer the bluebellied slice & dice!" And off we go, discussing the virtues of various peeling devices and totally ignoring the original inquiry & Inquirer. In most social circles that behavior is recognized as rude and discouraged. Frank is now ducking for cover.

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Dan Donaldson

>Tht is true, but many (if not most) of the time the thread either comes back to the topic or someone does come back and try to answer the original question. Maybe we should keep an eye (that is a collective "we";-)) and make sure that the original question does get answered along the way.

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William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>...and the great thing about an online forum is that you don't have to worry about interrupting anyone, or about distracting anyone from the pursuit of the answer to the original question. No one has to read anything they don't want to. No one has to interrupt their thoughts or their private conversations while someone else wanders off. No one has to be overly concerned about misunderstanding a question or a response, because it can all be worked out in its own good time. The participants don't have to get together in either time or space, or with Robert's Rules of Order foremost in everyone's mind, to have a meaningful interaction, yet the interactions can progress much more rapidly than in any other venue.

That be us all over

Bob Hackett

>Crude,rude and sometimes misconstruded.Don`t encourage us.

`Scuse me while I spit on the floor.

Mainely Bob-who`s lovin` every minute of it.HEY FRANK,DUCK!!

Threads I don't like on this forum

Patrick Gibbons, Houston, TX

>Often times I or someone else will ask a question and it gets one response or just sits there. I have had this happen a few times recently. I guess I'm asking questions that don't appeal to most of the group here.

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I wouldn't say that the number of responses denotes a lack of interest or appeal. Maybe no one knows the answer? Maybe everyone is satisfied with the first response and feels no need to pile on? Maybe it just got missed in the heat of the day?

What have you asked that you don't feel got a fair hearing?

Pam

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Randy Johnson Connersville, IN

>Thanks.

Since I am the one responsible for starting the screwdriver string on a post about using a #45 I was starting to think that I had commited some unpardonable act by getting away from the original subject. I recently aquired a #45 and read the original post for that reason. It's just that the screwdriver in the picture had SO much style.

I started to reply last night (actually very early this morning) after reading "In most social circles that behavior is recognized as rude and discouraged."

Then I realized that I am a product of my enviroment. Until burglars took me out of the game I was an avid devotee of a fringe of the muzzleloading sport known as buckskining. It was not a good pastime for someone wishing to emulate Miss Manners. I was also going to point out that if I knew very much about social anything I wouldn't be posting something on the net at two in the morning.

Apologies to anyone I may have offended.

Randy Johnson

Too young to be a curmudgeon, too poor to be an eccentric

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>You may have started it; but I bear the brunt for the "turnscrew" discussion that followed, to say nothing of many highjacked threads. That's my story and I'm going to stick to it. :) Hey, this is on thread! A bit contentious maybe.

Pam, whose eyes feel blue, so I know I'm not angry, in the style of Riki Tiki Tavi

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Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>I just read through every original post you have made on this forum. There were only two substantive posts that did not have several responses. The first was a question about sharpening the inside of a tonguing cutter. I suspect that almost nobody knew the answer who read the posting. The second was about oilstones and A2 steel. Joel, who is in a position to be an expert on many aspects of handtools, answered, "yes". He sells and uses oilstones and A2 blades. Question answered!

Happy New Year, keep posting, and don't feel badly if nobody has anything to say on the subject, or believes that it has been fully answered. It happens.

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Andy Lincoln in Dearborn ,MI

>I for one enjoyed the hijacking of the thread. I hadn't gave the screwdriver/turnscrew/london patterned...,too much thought but after it was mentioned it made me realize that it is my new"go to" flat blade screwdriver ever since I got it.Now the only thing that makes me angry is ,after thinking about it ,I wished I had more of them and somehow it's gonna cost money to fill out the set:-0!!

No, I'm Spartacus! ;~)

Alice Frampton, UK

>

Try posting a design question...

Bob Hackett

>on the turning forum.Or a question about creativity or artistic motivation.It took months before I could spur anymore than a cursory reply about those sorts of things

My advice,just keep on puggin away.I noticed Jeremy is on a roll after reposting his lathe question for the second time both here and on the turning forum.

I wouldn`t take it personally,we`re all sluggish and dopey after all that rich food,Booze and endless hours in the recliner watching the latest game.

So, how do you feel about using high dollar low angle planes under an alias in a home schooling environment where they can`t decide if they should scrape and/or sand after using said magic plane?;^)

Mainely,Bob

No, you're not Spartacus, you're a very naughty bo

Andrew F in Australia

>

Nice shot Alice.

Bob Hackett

>Nothin` but net on that one.

What we want to know is are you the spartacus that used to hang out in the arena in Rome,or the one who used to hang out by the pool in "The Birdcage"?If you`re not sure,look down.Are you wearing shoes?

Mainely,Bob-who really did fall out of the chair!

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William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Would it be considered a thread hijacking to ask whether your tonguing cutter is for a wooden match plane or for a metal combination plane or a metal t&g plane or some other design? Did you find out somewhere else how to sharpen it? Did you finally figure it out on your own? Did you find an Arkansas or Japanese slip to fit in the gap? Joel carries them, as does Woodcraft.

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Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Ditto on the food and booze. ;-0

Did you ever use the design forum on BP? If so, do you think it would be worthwhile to nag Ellis to make one here? I know that answers were sometimes slow in coming there, but at least the queries did not get buried quickly in the daily traffic.

Don - guilty of thread-jacking.

Actually, there is one

Dan Donaldson

>If you look to the left, there is a board called "critiques". This was added specifically to either get critiques of designs done, or to get ideas for designs in progress.

D'oh!

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Didn't realize that it was for pre-construction design questions, too!

No Problem ;-)

Dan Donaldson

>Maybe it is time to post a message again and let people know it is there.

Well, that one went right over MY head

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>and by the way, Andrew, Alf would have to work at it very hard to be a naughty boy.

Don't Start Bob, DON'T START ;`~)

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>

Much ado about nuffin'

Andrew F in Australia

>Hi Bill,

Here 'tis, explained - lifted off another website

... Remember Spartacus? It's about a slave uprising in ancient Rome, .... there's a scene ... Spartacus's army of slaves has been defeated by the Roman consul Crassus. The penalty awaiting every one of the former slaves is death by crucifixion. Crassus puts out the offer that all of them will be spared and returned to their lives as slaves if just one of them will identify the living body or the corpse of their leader, Spartacus. As Spartacus is about to stand to identify himself, the man next to him quickly shouts, "I'm Spartacus." Another stands up and cries out, "No, I'm Spartacus." And in a few short seconds every man is on his feet calling out, "I'm Spartacus!"

This was later parodied in a Monty Python movie - the one that I (mis) quoted from.

Anyway, explained now - I'll let Alice decide if she wants to go any further.

Have a good new years - I'm off to the cricket tomorrow so I probably won't be checking in for a while

Andrew.

By the way, have we gone far enough off topic? Sorry Frank

Critiques link to left

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>I think it gets underused, though. So those who post there probably should add a quick no-message reference on Messages or Hand Tools.

Best, Ted